The Navajo, Window Rock, AZ (PDF 68kb) - GAINS Center

Sequential Intercept Mapping
Priority Area 1: Refinement of Crisis Service Response 911 – to minimize response time for BH and MH incidences
Objective Action Step Who When
1.1 Standardize geographic response areas a. Identify all service
areas among the
dept.
b. Identify all direct
service
1.2 Identify call centers on the Navajo Nation a. Divisions Division Directors
1.3 Identify IT/GIS team a. Identify GIS system
available on the NN
b. Identify data sources
and management
Division IT staff
Navajo DOT
Navajo Land Dept.

Priority Area 2: Screening on the Navajo Nation
Objective Action Step Who When
2.1 Identify main location for screening
2.2 Identify process and protocol for screening a. Develop flowchart
b. Develop resource
guide
2.3 Identify staff development and training (i.e.,
cross-training)
a. Initiate Community
Emergency
Response Training
(CERT) and Tribal
Teen CERT
(perhaps in
conjunction with
Mental Health First
Aid)
b. Initiate Parent Skill
Training

Priority Area 3: Create a Mental Health Taskforce
Objective Action Step Who When
3.1 Identify staff development and training (i.e.,
cross-training)
a. Identify role and
responsibility of
taskforce members
3.2 Conduct orientation on service delivery by all
entities (i.e., NN courts, NDOH, DBHS, DSS,
DPS, etc.)
3.3 Identify data resources and management
3.4 Initiate quarterly mental health taskforce
meeting
a. Conduct Summit with
all service delivery
areas
3.5 Initiate quarterly mental health taskforce
meeting

Priority Area 4: Identify current Navajo Nation code, policy, and regulation
Objective Action Step Who When
4.1 Identify existing Navajo law, policy and
regulation that may require amendments or
create new law (i.e., Navajo Nation Substance
Control Act, Involuntary Commitment Act, etc.)
Mental Health Taskforce
Department of Justice